The story is awesome, now send it to Mythbusters just for sh*ts ‘n giggles.
What I can’t get over are the idiotic comments left by people saying they *know* that it could/couldn’t/whatever have happened. Not to mention the one where the chick was lamenting the dead insurgent.
Nevermind the dead man would have lopped her head off and smiled while he did it.
But yes, soldier should get a new iPod, regardless, because the story is just that good and he just got that lucky!